ELECTRONICS

OVERVIEW - Fall 2004

INSTRUCTOR: Diane Hinterlong Office:  B105A (630) 907-5969 e-mail:  dlh@imsa.edu

TEACHING SCHEDULE (A & C Days): Mods 1-4      Electronics                  E119 Mods 12-15  Scientific Inquiries     B110 TEACHING SCHEDULE (B & D Days): Mods 6-9      Electronics                  E119 Mods 12-15  Scientific Inquiries     B110 TEACHING SCHEDULE (I Day):                       Applied Engineering   E120

OVERVIEW OF COURSE:

Electronics is a laboratory-based course designed to expose students to basic analog and digital devices and circuits.  Students are encouraged to discover concepts through laboratory experiences and apply their knowledge to problems and projects.  Course topics include:  Resistive Circuits, Capacitors, Transistors and Digital Circuits.

ASSESSMENT: 

Assessment of progress toward increased understanding of electronics will be evaluated through the use of laboratory experiments, homework, quizzes, tests, projects and ownership of learning.

ETHICS:

Honesty is a key component of scientific work, whether on the forefront of scientific research or in an IMSA laboratory.  The practices (both good and bad) that are learned in an IMSA lab greatly influence your education.  Consequently any violation of the honesty policy is considered a serious offense and will be dealt with appropriately.

Please bring the following to class:

1. Pen/pencil

2. Binder

3. Calculator

4. Open Mind

REFERENCE TEXTS:

Basic Electricity and Electronics

                Delton T. Horn

An Introduction to Modern Electronics

                William L. Faissler

Electric Circuits - Principles & Applications

                Timothy J. Maloney

Electronic Devices

                Thomas L. Floyd

Standards of Significant Learning.

I.          Developing the Tools of Thought

· Develop automaticity in skills, concepts, and processes that support and enable complex thought.

· Construct questions which further understanding, forge connections, and deepen meaning.

· Precisely observe phenomena and accurately record findings.

· Evaluate the soundness and relevance of information and reasoning.

II.        Thinking about your Thinking

· Identify unexamined cultural, historical, and personal assumptions and misconceptions that impedes and skew inquiry.

· Find and analyze ambiguities inherent within any set of textual, social, physical, or theoretical circumstances.

III.       Extending and Integrating Thought

· Use appropriate technologies as extensions of the mind.

· Recognize, pursue, and explain substantive connections within and among areas of knowledge.

· Recreate the "beautiful conceptions" that give coherence to structures of thought.

IV.       Express and Evaluate Constructs

· Construct and support judgments based upon evidence.

· Write and speak with power, economy and elegance.

· Identify and characterize the composing elements of dynamic and organic wholes, structures, and systems.

· Develop an aesthetic awareness and capability.

V.        Thinking and Acting with Others

· Identify, understand, and accept the rights and responsibilities of belonging to a diverse community.

· Make reasoned decisions which reflect ethical standards, and act in accordance with those decisions.

· Establish and commit to a personal wellness lifestyle in the development of the whole self.